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Friday, June 23, 2017

adoption story

When mom takes kittens to events like Blog Paws, she doesn't expect adoptions. These are places where people with pets congregate - and most are not looking to add to their families. Would it be nice for one of our kittens to be adopted by one of our online friends? Sure...but we never expect it.

But why? (plus mom says Florida is too far to drive....but she may be willing to fly)

Turns out that Miss Julie (aka the head peep) had fallen in love with a certain small black and white kitten while rooming with mom at Blog Paws. They went back and forth about adopting and transport and how the current residents would react to a new kitten. Mom will say every time - no matter what the people think, the feline residents get the final say. Mom and Miss Julie worked out a plan and last Thursday morning (before the crack of dawn), mom and that kitten flew the friendly skies and landed in Florida. Despite mom's worries, the flying thing went very well. The kitten in question only got chatty when she was in motion - and about half way through the flight when we suspect she got bored. Mom says it was a little funny to watch people try to locate the source of the meeping.

What???

No one was quite sure how things would go....would everyone freak out? Would it go smoothly?

Turns out that the kitten was the least concerned of everyone - she came out of her carrier and made herself right at home almost immediately. OK - that kitten she kept seeing in the mirror was a little weird. It did take over 24 hours and a v-e-t visit to get her to eat (though she was drinking and playing like mad so everyone suspects it may have just been the stress of surgery then a long travel day and new surroundings). While it may not have been love at first sight for the resident cats, the kitten was smart enough to back down and submit when she was hissed or growled at and was (mostly) respectful of their space. She has decided this Sleepypod (seen below) now belongs to her and she may not surrender it however.

That said, it is with much appreciation to the head peep and the man peep and the kitten pusher (haha), that we can announce that Dior has been adopted:

We are so happy that Cupcake is part of our family. And by "we," we mean not Pierre. But he'll come around, because who can resist falling in love with the little meeper? Thank you for bringing her into our family!

This is the very best news! I've fallen for a few of your fosters myself ... like Dandelion and Armani ... and even OUCH DAMMIT! On that last one ... I must be a glutton for punishment because Bear Cat is quite bite-y himself - which is the subject of today's post!

Cupcake is the purrfect name for this sweetie, and it warms our hearts that she found a home with Mom Julie. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy.